The word of the day* for January 26, 2007 is “migrate”— intransitive verb 1 : to move from one country, place, or locality to another. 2 : to pass usually periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding. 3 : to change position in an organism or substance <filarial worms migrate within the human body>.
The Powers That Be have decided to move us all to a different desktop than Windows 2000. This means we all have to go through the gyrations of saving our desktop shortcuts and Explorer favorites and make certain that we know what server our printer is on and so forth. So far I have found that, although I can receive mail, I can’t send it. That’s why you’re getting this from AOL.
A few minutes ago, our Migration Focal brought someone else by who has a similar problem, hoping that mine had been solved. No such luck. Plus which, the other sufferer can’t get anything to print out. Oh! I do love modern technology.
The quote† for today is from J.G. Ballard (b. 1930), Re/Search, no. 8/9 (San Francisco, 1984). Interview in Heavy Metal (April 1971):
Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality is no longer going to be the stuff out there, but the stuff inside your head. It’s going to be commercial and nasty at the same time.
;^) Jan
* The definition is from either Merriam-Webster Online, 10th Edition or TheAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition andis used by permission.
† The quote is from either Bartleby: Great Books on Line or TheQuotation Pages and is used by permission.
P.S.: Comments and word requests are welcome.
No comments:
Post a Comment